Deuteronomy 34:7
in Deuteronomy 34Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.
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ASV
And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
KJV
And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 34
Commentary
5 notes on this verseHe was old, it is true, but he had not yet attained to the years of the life of his fathers; his father Amram lived to be 137; his grandfather Kohath 133; his great grandfather Levi 137; And why must Moses, whose life was more serviceable than any of theirs, die at 120, especially since he felt not the decays of age, but was as fit for service as ever?
This site's exposition
Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died
on Deuteronomy 34:7-8
His eyes “were not weak”, so the text refuses to explain the death by age. Verse 5 has already given the cause, the word of the LORD.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
30 ), that that continued to the last. This was the general reward of his services; and it was in particular the effect of his extraordinary meekness, for that is a grace which is, as much as any other, health to the navel and marrow to the bones.
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And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
His eye was not dim - Even at the advanced age of a hundred and twenty; nor his natural force abated - he was a young man even in old age, notwithstanding the unparalleled hardships he had gone through. See the account of his life at the end of this chapter, Deu 34:10 (note).
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמֹשֶׁ֗ה | umosheh | and Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [was] a son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| מֵאָ֧ה | meah | one hundred | H3967 → | 581 times |
| וְעֶשְׂרִ֛ים | veesrim | and twenty | H6242 → | |
| שָׁנָ֖ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| בְּמֹת֑וֹ | bemoto | when dying he | H4191 → | 839 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| כָהֲתָ֥ה | khahatah | it had grown dim | H3543 → | |
| עֵינ֖וֹ | eino | eye his | H5869 → | 887 times |
| וְלֹא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| נָ֥ס | nas | it had fled | H5127 → | 159 times |
| לֵחֹֽה׃ | lechoh | vigor his | H3893 → |
וּמֹשֶׁ֗הand Moses
umoshehH4872 →765 times
בֶּן־[was] a son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
מֵאָ֧הone hundred
meahH3967 →581 times
וְעֶשְׂרִ֛יםand twenty
veesrimH6242 →
שָׁנָ֖הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
בְּמֹת֑וֹwhen dying he
bemotoH4191 →839 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
כָהֲתָ֥הit had grown dim
khahatahH3543 →
עֵינ֖וֹeye his
einoH5869 →887 times
וְלֹא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
נָ֥סit had fled
nasH5127 →159 times
לֵחֹֽה׃vigor his
lechohH3893 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 27:1When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 3:2
And at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Genesis 48:10
Now Israel’s eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought his sons to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.
- 1 Samuel 3:2
Through
Acts 7:36He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.
it leads to
- Exodus 14:21
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were…
- Exodus 12:41
At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 33:1
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of the land of Egypt, and go to the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and…
- Exodus 14:21
Through
Deuteronomy 31:2he said to them, “I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to come and go, and the LORD has said to me, ‘You shall not cross the…
it leads to
- Numbers 27:17
who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”
- 1 Kings 3:7
And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.
- Numbers 27:17
Through
Genesis 48:10Now Israel’s eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought his sons to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.
it leads to
- Genesis 27:27
So he came near and kissed him. When Isaac smelled his clothing, he blessed him and said: “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has…
- Genesis 27:27
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.